宜昌素有“三峡门户”之称，“峡尽天开朝日出，山平水阔城浮”（郭沫若诗）。在悠久的历史长河中曾流淌着夷陵（宜古称）的辉煌。她是楚文化的发祥地：是世界四大文化名人原的故里；是中国古代四大美人王昭君的故乡；是三国古场的遗址；又是“唐宋八大家欧阳修做过县令的地方 Yichang known as the “gateway to the Three Gorges,” said, “Gap day open to the sunrise, the mountains and rivers water floating city” (Guo Moruo poetry). In the long river of history has been flowing Yiling (Yi Gu said) brilliant. She is the birthplace of Chu culture: the hometown of the four major cultural celebrities in the world; the hometown of Wang Zhaojun, the four beauties of ancient China; the site of the ancient sites of the Three Kingdoms; and the place where "Ouyang Xiu,